How to edit kernel config file

manutech

Hi, I'm trying to see if a Qlogic card works with pfSense, I found some instructions on how maybe make it work, but can't see to find the kernel config file from shell to add a line of code

https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=qlxgb&apropos=0&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+11.2-RELEASE&arch=amd64&format=html

any help or pointers to the right direction would be greatly appreciated

heper

you cannot recompile the kernel on pfsense.

you'll have to setup a freebsd VM, compile a kernel module & tranfer it to pfsense

stephenw10

Yeah, you don't want to recompile the kernel anyway just load the kernel module from the appropriate FreeBSD iso.

Steve

stephenw10

Probably this module from FreeBSD 11.2 amd64.

if_qlxgb.ko.txt

Remove the .txt extension. Upload that to /boot/modules in pfSense 2.4.4.

Create the file /boot/loader.conf.local (if it doesn't exist) and add to it the line:

if_qlxgb_load="yes"

Reboot to load the module. Check the boot log. I've never tried that, I have no hardware to test with. It might not boot at all.

Steve

manutech

@stephenw10 Awesome, will give this a try and report the results